The sixth edition of the Standard Bank 5150 Bela Bela Triathlon will take the town by storm on Saturday 20 August 2016.

The race is broken up in waves and there will be a continuous flow of athletes on the course during the afternoon.

The cycling course will have an impact:

Travelling between the East and West side of Bela BelaThe town of Bela Bela will be cut in half by the bike course, from Warmbaths, A Forever Resort's main entrance out onto the Alma Road (via Minnaar, Luna, Grobler and Robertson Roads)

The only place to cross the cycling course is via Chris Hani Drive (in front of Warmbaths, A Forever Resort).

Traffic Officials from Bela Bela Local Municipality will manage this key point on the course. Bikes will have right of way.

The main entrance to Warmbaths, A Forever Resort is on Chris Hani Drive. Please use the side entrance next to the taxi rank (corner of Ritchie and Potgieter Rd). This side entrance is for all traffic to Warmbaths, A Forever Resort.

Roads with lane restrictions:

Grobler and Robertson Road: The inside lane, closest to the centre isle is coned off and reserved for cyclists. Up to certain points, normal traffic flow is allowed on the outer lanes or left hand lanes of these dual carriage ways.

Crossing of the bike course is forbidden. Cars may not turn right when in the outer car lane of these dual carriage ways. (The only spot to cross the bike course is on Chris Hani Drive, in front of Warmbaths, A Forever Resort).

The D10 Alma Road, coming in to Bela Bela or leaving:

A managed convoy will run from the Gilfillan Road/Robertson Road intersection on the western side of the road to the bike turnaround point (1.5km past the new Bela Bela Dam entrance).

Inbound cars will wait for the convoy at the bike turn around point. Once the lead traffic vehicle is ready, cars will be led down the western margin of the road towards town.

Outbound cars will have to travel up Robertson Road and wait at the Gilfillan Road intersection. From here a marked vehicle will lead the convoy on the western margin towards the Bela Bela dam. The convoy will disband just past the bike turn around point.
Motorists, who wish to go towards Thabazimbi or the western suburbs:

Must make their way south along Reitz or Stofberg Roads towards Chris Hani drive and turn right onto Chris Hani Drive. (Bear in mind that Minnaar Road’s southern portion is closed) See section above on travelling between the east and west side of town.

A vehicle who wishes to leave town to go onto the Alma Road must assemble on the Western or hostel side of Gilfillan Road’s intersection with Robertson Road.

The Gilfillan/Robertson intersection will be used as an extremely limited crossover point in the case of gaps on the bike course. Due to the nature of the bike course there will be far fewer gaps here than on Chris Hani Drive. This point will be managed by Marshalls and Traffic Police. Expect huge delays here. We do recommend the use of Chris Hani Drive though.

We suggest that motorists try to minimise travelling on this road between 11:00 and 17:00